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What’s your pet hate at the gym?
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Seeing some young gun half my age putting up twice the weight I can lift, and making it look easy. To be honest, my annoyance is less because of what they can do, and more about the reminder of what I used to be able to do, but have to settle for less now that I'm older. Phooey.8
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Seeing some young gun half my age putting up twice the weight I can lift, and making it look easy. To be honest, my annoyance is less because of what they can do, and more about the reminder of what I used to be able to do, but have to settle for less now that I'm older. Phooey.
But I would hazard a guess that you are a lot smarter now than you were back then and could probably whip their "kitten" with no trouble, there is that.3 -
bellababy9031 wrote: »But I would hazard a guess that you are a lot smarter now than you were back then and could probably whip their "kitten" with no trouble, there is that.
That's because back in the day I would worry about fighting with "honor" but now I would cheat, lol.5 -
Seeing some young gun half my age putting up twice the weight I can lift, and making it look easy. To be honest, my annoyance is less because of what they can do, and more about the reminder of what I used to be able to do, but have to settle for less now that I'm older. Phooey.
This post is not meant as a criticism or disagree, so please don't take it that way. I'm quoting because the "young'un at the gym" scenario reminded me of something.
I don't mostly do strength workouts at a gym, but I used to.
One of the things that annoyed me was almost the opposite of that: It was young women half my age (and less) almost sleepwalking through a strength circuit - usually a machine circuit, but sometimes freeweights - clearly, clearly, clearly going through the motions, with what was to them very obviously a completely trivial resistance. Spending time, going nowhere.
Someone may say that perhaps they were rehabbing. Sincerely, I doubt it. I think it's the real life manifestation of "wouldn't want to get bulky" and similar thoughts.
When I was their age (1970s-ish), physical strength in women was not generally valued, in the culture around me. One of the things I love, about how time and culture have rolled out over the decades since, is how much more common, and more valued, physical strength and athleticism among women is, even though things are still not at 100%. Huge improvement though, would've been unimaginable to me then.4 -
bellababy9031 wrote: »But I would hazard a guess that you are a lot smarter now than you were back then and could probably whip their "kitten" with no trouble, there is that.
That's because back in the day I would worry about fighting with "honor" but now I would cheat, lol.
"There is no honor in defeat." Lol2 -
Seeing some young gun half my age putting up twice the weight I can lift, and making it look easy. To be honest, my annoyance is less because of what they can do, and more about the reminder of what I used to be able to do, but have to settle for less now that I'm older. Phooey.
This post is not meant as a criticism or disagree, so please don't take it that way. I'm quoting because the "young'un at the gym" scenario reminded me of something.
I don't mostly do strength workouts at a gym, but I used to.
One of the things that annoyed me was almost the opposite of that: It was young women half my age (and less) almost sleepwalking through a strength circuit - usually a machine circuit, but sometimes freeweights - clearly, clearly, clearly going through the motions, with what was to them very obviously a completely trivial resistance. Spending time, going nowhere.
Someone may say that perhaps they were rehabbing. Sincerely, I doubt it. I think it's the real life manifestation of "wouldn't want to get bulky" and similar thoughts.
When I was their age (1970s-ish), physical strength in women was not generally valued, in the culture around me. One of the things I love, about how time and culture have rolled out over the decades since, is how much more common, and more valued, physical strength and athleticism among women is, even though things are still not at 100%. Huge improvement though, would've been unimaginable to me then.
This reminds me of a pet peeve of mine when I used to go to the gym.
There were three young women who would unfortunately often be there at the same time as me.
They would grab three treadmills and meander along while talking loudly to each other, laughing and gabbing. Even my earbuds couldn't drown them out.
None of them appeared to be physically inhibited in any way. I'm not sure how much benefit they were getting from their slow wandering. It was clearly just socializing, but at least they could say they went for a "work out".0 -
Seeing some young gun half my age putting up twice the weight I can lift, and making it look easy. To be honest, my annoyance is less because of what they can do, and more about the reminder of what I used to be able to do, but have to settle for less now that I'm older. Phooey.
This post is not meant as a criticism or disagree, so please don't take it that way. I'm quoting because the "young'un at the gym" scenario reminded me of something.
I don't mostly do strength workouts at a gym, but I used to.
One of the things that annoyed me was almost the opposite of that: It was young women half my age (and less) almost sleepwalking through a strength circuit - usually a machine circuit, but sometimes freeweights - clearly, clearly, clearly going through the motions, with what was to them very obviously a completely trivial resistance. Spending time, going nowhere.
Someone may say that perhaps they were rehabbing. Sincerely, I doubt it. I think it's the real life manifestation of "wouldn't want to get bulky" and similar thoughts.
When I was their age (1970s-ish), physical strength in women was not generally valued, in the culture around me. One of the things I love, about how time and culture have rolled out over the decades since, is how much more common, and more valued, physical strength and athleticism among women is, even though things are still not at 100%. Huge improvement though, would've been unimaginable to me then.
I'm 45, and it seems that most of the women my age and older still do a lot of cardio and circuit-type training with machines orighter dumbbells. There are a few of us who lift heavy or work with the trainer, but definitely the majority I see there use the cardio equipment. However, the teenage, 20's and early 30 year olds tend to lift heavier.3 -
Not sure it's the right place for this, but while weighing myself after my workout today and looking in the mirror, I realized that now, after almost 20 years of marriage, I finally have the body I wished I had back when I was still a single 20-something. Man, if only I could reach back in time and slap myself upside the head, tell my lazy bum self to get to work. Because if I look this good now at age 44, imagine how much better a 24yo me full of testosterone would look...8
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Not sure it's the right place for this, but while weighing myself after my workout today and looking in the mirror, I realized that now, after almost 20 years of marriage, I finally have the body I wished I had back when I was still a single 20-something. Man, if only I could reach back in time and slap myself upside the head, tell my lazy bum self to get to work. Because if I look this good now at age 44, imagine how much better a 24yo me full of testosterone would look...
I have had very similar thoughts as a 45-year old woman who actually did some sort of regular strength training in my 20's as an avid subscriber to Shape magazine. Lifting heavy definitely wasn't really much of a thing for the average woman looking to get fit back then. What I really wish I could have changed was my relationship with food and my body and shifted my focus from eating better quality foods. However, "low fat" was still pretty much the norm back then, too.2 -
Exercising their mouths more than using the machine they are at.
Using gym equipment as their locker
Not wiping down machines after use
Not re-racking when done
Parking in the handicap parking spaces when you are not handicap.
Not changing the toilet paper roll when it’s done.
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SpicyMeatball82 wrote: »Parking in the handicap parking spaces when you are not handicap.
My wife has a handicap sticker in her truck due to a car accident having screwed up her back. The other day I drove my wife's truck to the store, started searching for a parking space when I saw somebody trying to flag me down. The guy was graciously trying to alert me to an open handicapped spot, and couldn't quite grasp the concept when I told him I was fine, the sticker was for my wife, and since she wasn't with me I was going to find a different spot. I could see the wheels turning in the poor guy's head as he sputtered, "but you have a handicapped sticker..."5 -
SpicyMeatball82 wrote: »
Parking in the handicap parking spaces when you are not handicap.
My pet hate anywhere. Self-entitled kittens.
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bellababy9031 wrote: »But I would hazard a guess that you are a lot smarter now than you were back then and could probably whip their "kitten" with no trouble, there is that.
That's because back in the day I would worry about fighting with "honor" but now I would cheat, lol.
@nossmf
As I said.......you are smarter now. All's fair in love and war.
YOU PLAY TO WIN THE GAME.0 -
Theoldguy1 wrote: »Speakeasy76 wrote: »Theoldguy1 wrote: »A month or so ago all the squat racks were in use, but the bench press area had a couple openings. So I pulled the bar to the space in front of the bench and proceeded to complete my deadlifts. Gotta do what ya gotta do.
Why do you need a squat rack to deadlift unless you're really doing a rack pull?
People do deadlifts (actual deadlifts) at the squat racks all the time at my gym. There is typically only extra barbell in the barbell stand and the weight plates are right there with the squat racks and not by the spare barbell. It just makes more sense and a lot more convenient to do deadlifts at one of the 3 squat racks there, and it seems well accepted to do so.
Got it. My gym has a couple lifting platforms and there are multiple extra bars along with empty floorspace for deadlifts with out using the power racks.
Most, if not all, deadlift platforms, I've seen are in front/connected to the power/squat racks.2 -
@Kmb4391At my gym we have this women who comes in two or three times a week and just hangs out to judge people. She'll plant her butt down on whatever she can find to sit on and just mock everything the rest of us are doing. On multiple occasions, I've seen her eating snacks and drinking what I'm pretty sure was a beer. I keep reporting her to management but I'm pretty sure she's sleeping with that guy.
Also....I workout at home...
Don't tell my wife I brought her up on the internet.....
Tell this story the other way around, ya know "there's this guy... yadda yadda. Also I work out at home" and all these people who are mad at a damn joke would be "OMG YES!!! MEN ARE SO AWFUL!!!" And before you ask- Gen X female.3 -
It drives me nuts. I actually know some of the members walking to the spot and I know they shouldn’t be parked there. People suck. Sorry to hear about your wife ❤️SpicyMeatball82 wrote: »Parking in the handicap parking spaces when you are not handicap.
My wife has a handicap sticker in her truck due to a car accident having screwed up her back. The other day I drove my wife's truck to the store, started searching for a parking space when I saw somebody trying to flag me down. The guy was graciously trying to alert me to an open handicapped spot, and couldn't quite grasp the concept when I told him I was fine, the sticker was for my wife, and since she wasn't with me I was going to find a different spot. I could see the wheels turning in the poor guy's head as he sputtered, "but you have a handicapped sticker..."
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I have to say my new gym is pretty great. I go at lunch and it's never busy...I've never had to wait for a squat rack or any other piece of equipment. I'll be curious how it is after New Years...I'm hoping the lunch workout crowd stays pretty chill.3
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Reading my programme wrong and realising I’ve just done an extra set of split squats (THE most evil exercise on the planet) when I didn’t need to 😭4
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Definitely a toss-up between split squats and paused box squats for most evil...0
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2nd complaint re our very good condo facility, recently reopened from lockdown (first was about noisy overhead TV sets). The reopening introduced online booking with strict user limits for distancing, and almost all the time slots were immediately filled through to February. But whenever I pass by it's empty or maybe a solitary user. A fellow resident confirmed the same in the elevator, and said she just goes whenever she wants to - suggested I do that. (There are two or three PTs working out of it and my suspicion is they booked it all up on spec they'll get business.)2
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I wouldn't say it's necessarily a hate, but more of an objection. There's a dude at the gym who is very vocal, and he was even groaning as he was foam rolling his muscles the other day. I have headphones on, but it's distracting. Then today, a woman was legit moaning when she was finishing out her set. I mean, it must have been her "ugh, I'm in pain" moan, but it also could've been mistaken for something else if you didn't know the context.3
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It's why I train at home, I can moan and scream all I want
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I went to the abs/hips section the other day and there was this one guy the entire time I was in that section using every machine in it except the one he was at. He used it on and off but when he wasn’t actively using the machine for exercises on the machine he used it for balancing his stretches which he could do random places around the whole gym including a few places people typically do stretches in the ab section anyways. The usual stretch machines were not in use at all anyways. When there was nothing else to do for me except the machine he was hoarding I told him I’m calling management and got on the phone. Then he left. Not until then though. I asked him nicely before then but he didn’t care at all.1
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The guy that has to do bicep curls in front of the weight rack, blocking other ppl’s access to the weights instead of sliding a couple feet over to a non-doucher location4
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Lunges, any type.
Oh wait, this was supposed to be about the gym?
Gyms that aren't 24 hours (I workout after the kids go to bed), gyms that don't have adequate heat (I have raynauds), gyms that UPCHARGE to use the literal free weights (looking at you 10 fitness).1 -
Trainers that set up their clients with no respect for other people using the gym.1
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Theoldguy1 wrote: »Trainers that set up their clients with no respect for other people using the gym.
But I need to balance on the Bosu ball doing pink weight curls in the middle of a squat cage so I feel more powerful!4 -
Couple middle age guys today wearing what appeared to be brand new lifting belts and all they were doing was biceps and triceps...none of my business really...not really a hate I guess, but they looked goofy as hell.0
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People who want to start up a conversation while I'm trying to use the elliptical or any other aerobic machine. Yes, I'm out of breath and I prefer not to talk right now.1
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Just putting this out now in advance of the new year, but all the New Year's Resolutioners who swarm the gym the first couple weeks in January, making it impossible for us year-round regulars to get a workout in until they all disappear again by February. By all means, welcome to the gym, I hope you become regulars and improve your life. But if you're only there to fart around because you "swore" you were finally going to "get fit this time" then stop fooling yourself and taking up our space.3
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